An old black and white photo, taken when most of pics were coming from film, and for this one, I did develop the film myself, sometimes I was printing as well, today Photoshop is easier but I do miss the old improvised darkroom….My camera then was a Pentax K-1000, a very basic one, except for the photometer, all was mechanical…so the shooting had to be quick and often with some guessing about light, exposure and even focus, like this one for instance that is a bit off focus..

IL m’arrive aussi parfois de reprendre ces clichés en tableau, comme celui ci, fait quelque par entre 2000 et 2004, j’ai l’information mais je dois la retrouver…Also a few times I did try making a painting from these pics, this one was made between 2000 and 2004, I do have the exact information…somewhere in the apartment…:)

Huile, 24×30, entre 200 et 2004

J’aime travailler comme cela, à partir d’esquisse en noir et blanc, la couleur je l’imagine…I like working from a black and white sketch or photograph, the colors are then coming from my imagination or feelings.

And sometimes a bit of rain here and there, I even thought that I would leave my camera in the bag, but then I did prefer to have it ready to shoot, even if at first the weather did not incline me to a big shooting session, but then I decide to switch to monochrome mode, well suited for this type of weather, I did not shoot anythig in black and white since I got this new toy, did not know how to get it to work in this way, I found it…a few pics taken that day…more in bank…

This is around my working place, I did photograph that place on other occasions / C’est autour de mon lieu de travail, lieu que j’ai déjà photographié